Sylvia Kemunto: Johansen Oduor Dismisses Reports Slain MMU Student Was Pregnant

• Government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor confirmed that MMU student Sylvia Kemunto was strangled and had signs of a violent struggle
• The autopsy ruled out earlier claims of pregnancy, with Oduor stating Kemunto’s uterus was non-gravid and the cervix was closed
• Family lawyers Danstan Omari and Shadrack Wambui condemned Multimedia University for failing to attend the postmortem, accusing the institution of showing no remorse

Nancy Odindo, a TUKO.co.ke journalist, has over four years of experience covering Kenyan politics, news, and features for digital and print media.

Nairobi: Government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor has confirmed that Multimedia University (MMU) student Sylvia Kemunto was strangled to death, adding that she also suffered injuries from a blunt object.

The findings were disclosed on Tuesday, April 8, following a two-hour postmortem conducted at Montezuma Monalisa Funeral Home in the presence of Kemunto’s mother, Teresa Kwamboka, and family lawyers Danstan Omari and Shadrack Wambui.

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According to Oduor, the 20-year-old Mass Communication and Computer Science student was likely suffocated after a violent struggle.

The pathologist also dismissed earlier speculation that Kemunto was pregnant at the time of her death.

"I can confirm to you that there was no evidence of someone pregnant because the cervix was closed. The uterus was also non-gravid in that situation, not having any baby in it,” he clarified.

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Omari and Wambui strongly criticised Multimedia University for failing to send representatives to witness the postmortem of one of their students.

"We are at Montezuma Monalisa Mortuary, where is the university? The body on which the post _morterm is being done belongs to a student of a public university funded by 55 million Kenyans they can't even be here to show remorse, to be present to see a post-mortem of one of their own. It is just sad and it is cruel," they said.

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The family has since vowed to take legal action against the institution, accusing it of negligence and failure to protect its students.

Omari also announced that a pay bill number had been set up to support the grieving family.

Meanwhile, Kemunto’s decomposing body was discovered in a rooftop water tank three days after she went missing.

Her suspected killer, Philip Eric Mutinda, a fellow first-year student pursuing Electrical Engineering, surrendered to police after days of going into hiding. Investigations into the case are ongoing as the suspect awaits a court appearance.

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Meanwhile, Mutinda, the prime suspect told investigators that he visited her room on the day of her disappearance, aware that she would be alone with intentions of seducing Kemunto.

However, when she resisted his advances, a confrontation ensued. He claimed that during the scuffle, he struck and pushed her, causing her to hit her head against the wall and collapse.

In an attempt to conceal the incident, the suspect is said to have folded Kemunto’s body into a large suitcase, briefly took it to his own room in Block E, and later disposed of it in a rooftop water tank, where it was discovered in a decomposed state.

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke